The Image Services Team delivered our second Visual Literacy training session in the winter of 2011. Our objectives were to introduce the elements and principles of design as well as the anatomy of digital images. (ACRL/IRIG standard 2, and 4)
- Grammar of Visual Literacy We introduced the “grammar of visual literacy” through a slide show on the Elements and Principles of Design (download ppt)
- Flickr Group: Design 101 After presenting the elements and principles of design, we had everyone partner up and work together to tag as many photos in our flickr group as possible using the elements of principles and design within a ten minute time frame. We were then able to search within the group by tag and find what images had been tagged with a certain element such as texture. The exercise allowed us to review concepts when images retrieved were not quite in line with their assigned element.
- Image Anatomy 101 We presented the anatomy of the digital image, explaining and defining file size, resolution, file format, pixels and compression. After the short presentation, we used iClickers to do a “game show” type of quiz. (Image Anatomy 101 download ppt). We asked our audience to choose the correct definition on the right when presented with a term on the left. This provided an opportunity to clarify any questions audience members had about each term.
- Innovative Applications for Instructive Outreach: Best Practices for LibGuides & Online Pathfinders We distributed a workshop handout from Nedda Ahmed, Arts Librarian at Georgia State University on the topic of libguide design. We went over a few basic rules for on designing and writing for the web, making certain to emphasize how the elements and principles of design apply and held two drop in workshops for peer review on eachother’s libguides.
The training session ideas and tools provided in this handout are available for creative re-use, however, we hope you will contact us if you do so, so that we may learn from each other. The Image Services Team: libuciimage@uci.edu
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